Ideas anyone?

So, first of all, I am very proud of myself. For the past couple weeks, I've been meaning to put a daily devotional notebook together so that every day, we can take out the notebook and do a short lesson and activity, gospel related. Well, I haven't "got around to it" until today! I've done my first week's worth of devotionals and I'm so excited! I've really felt lately that I need to start teaching him daily little gospel lessons because I know he can absorb them now, and with him still not totally feeling the nursery thing, I know just on Sundays is not enough for it to sink in. So, we've started reading our scriptures with him again and having him repeat the last verse, which has worked out well. Unless the verse is long, then he gets a little bored. But otherwise, he gets excited when it's his turn. I am writing this down, so I've committed to my small public that reads our blog that I'm going to follow through with this idea!
So, if anyone has any fun activities or ideas you'd like to share, I'd love to hear them because every day, I'm going to try and do a week's worth until I have the whole year. So, bring on the ideas! Thanks, guys!

Our weekend accomplishment

So, I had to plug in that Carter had NO accidents yesterday, a small accident this morning and before he went to bed, he pooped on the toilet! Sorry if that's too much information, but I was so proud, he got a big piece of chocolate as his reward for that one! He's doing awesome. He even wore big boy underwear to church and stayed dry the whole time! I'm so proud of my cute little guy!

Exciting Announcement

So, I just wanted to proudly say, for Carter, that he is mostly staying dry in his new big boy underwear! Only one accident first thing this morning so far! Woo-hoo! We started the big boy underwear on Monday and he was so excited dancing around in them and now he cries if he pees in his diaper. (I still put one on at sleeping times, of course! And for long car rides) I am so happy it's going well =)

Reba

Well, this past Saturday, Mom Wagasky got handed free tickets to go see Reba by some random person at the gas station! Weird, huh? But yay for us because she invited me to go with her! It was a great show and we had a good time together. Afterwards, we went to see how much the shirts are and they were 30 and 40 dollars for a t-shirt! No thank you! So we just went and grabbed a bite to eat. I don't know if you ever watch her show, but I love it and Melissa Peterman was there. It was hilarious and I caught most of it on video along with a song of hers. Sound isn't that fabulous sometimes, but it's a recording, what can I say?

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Carter's ABC's

I am going to brag about my cute little boy for a moment...he is such a smartie! This morning he was pointing to the shapes and knew all the basic ones (square, star (his fave), circle, and square). I was surprised to hear him saying all of them as he pointed to them. He loves to practice his ABC's too...as soon as he wakes up, he starts to try and say them by himself which sounds something like this, "I, E, O, B, Bo, By," as he points his finger at each syllable. And I'm totally not joking when I say first thing...he climbs in our bed most nights and he literally pops his eyes open and starts saying them. It's quite hilarious...In the video, you'll hear his version and then he loves to copy each one as we say it. He keeps getting distracted by his wrinkly foot, though. Doesn't something always happen when you want to get it on video?

Gone Fishin

Oh yes...that's the sweet remains of our fresh caught fish my hubby helped catch! Not this past weekend, but the weekend before, we went camping in Pine Valley and went fishing! It was our first time camping with Carter and we had a blast! He was so excited to sleep "outside" and when he woke up in the morning, he pointed straight outside and looked at me with the hugest grin and said, "Mom! We're outside!" It was so cute and so fun to see him have a great time. The dirt there, though was horrible. It was black and stuck to everything! That kid was so dirty by the end, I couldn't wait to give him a bath!

June Birthdays

Well, June seems full of birthdays around here, but really there's only two! Ha ha...My brother, Robert's is on the 20th and then Justin's brother, Shane's is on the 24th! So, we'll start with Robert's since his is first! Grandma Bert came into town this year, which we were so happy about because she hasn't come out here since my baby shower and she hasn't seen Carter since he was 2 months old! So, we were way excited and she's always popular with the little ones, which held true with Carter because he loved her! We started out Robert's birthday with going to Gilcrease Orchards in the morning, but I didn't have a charged battery yet from Father's Day, so I don't have any pictures, unfortunately! But later that evening, we went to Angel Park Golf Course in Summerlin to do their putting greens there! It was a lot of fun because the sweltering heat died down pretty quick. Plus, there were a TON of little bunnies all over the course and Carter had a blast chasing them all around the bushes and such. I was too busy chasing him and hopping fences after him to take any pictures of the bunnies, though. It was a great time! Afterwards, we of course went back to my parents for cake and ice cream and present opening. Enjoy the pictures from that...oh, and can I just say I am totally addicted to the digital scrapbooking thing? It is the best for showing off lots of pictures instead of having a slideshow or big string of pictures...okay, I'm off my soapbox now!

The next birthday was that following Tuesday, Shane's 25th birthday! He's a quarter of a century old! So, Andrea had us all over for cake and ice cream, after which Carter had a good time wrestling and playing together. Check out the awesome video of the "baby wrestling." It's quite hilarious...Okay, that will have to come later after I downsize it since it's too big right now.